Nageswaran Temple

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Chola-era temple Hindu temple Shaivite temple

Nageswaran Temple is an ancient Hindu temple in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, renowned for its Chola-era architecture and astronomical alignment that illuminates the sanctum during specific solar events.

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Label Occurrences
Nageswaran Temple canonical 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chola-era temple ⓘ
Hindu temple ⓘ
Shaivite temple ⓘ
architectureStyle Dravidian temple architecture ⓘ
surface form: Chola architecture

Dravidian architecture ⓘ
belongsToTradition Saivism ⓘ
consortDeity Periyanayaki ⓘ
constructedBy Aditya Chola I ⓘ
Chola dynasty ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalSignificance important Shaivite pilgrimage centre in Kumbakonam ⓘ
dedicatedTo Shiva ⓘ
deity Mallikarjuna Swamy ⓘ
surface form: Nageswarar

Piraiyanivanudaya Mahadevar ⓘ
district Thanjavur district ⓘ
famousFor Chola-era architecture ⓘ
astronomical alignment ⓘ
solar illumination of sanctum ⓘ
feature gopuram ⓘ
mandapa ⓘ
prakara ⓘ
sanctum sanctorum ⓘ
vimana ⓘ
festival Chithirai Festival ⓘ
surface form: Chithirai festival

Maha Shivaratri ⓘ
Navaratri ⓘ
hasAstronomicalFeature sunlight enters sanctum on specific days ⓘ
hasShrineFor Chandikeswarar ⓘ
Mahadeva ⓘ
surface form: Dakshinamurthy

Ganesha ⓘ
Murugan ⓘ
Navagrahas ⓘ
heritageStatus protected Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu ⓘ
locatedIn India ⓘ
Kumbakonam ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
Thanjavur district ⓘ
managedBy Tamil Nadu Tourism, Culture and Religious Endowments Department ⓘ
surface form: Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department of Tamil Nadu
material stone ⓘ
nearbyCity Tanjore ⓘ
surface form: Thanjavur
orientation east-facing ⓘ
period Chola dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Chola period
region Kaveri River Delta ⓘ
surface form: Cauvery delta
religion Hinduism ⓘ
solarEventAlignment sunlight falls directly on main deity during certain days of Chithirai ⓘ
state Tamil Nadu ⓘ

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Kumbakonam, Madras Presidency, British India → hasLandmark → Nageswaran Temple ⓘ
Kumbakonam → hasTemple → Nageswaran Temple ⓘ